Archives for October 23, 2003

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Baby milk to be semi-slimmed?

A major EU funded trial on European children is to examine how early diet can reduce obesity in later life. The findings could lead to new infant foods and a safer formulation of protein contents.

Government, retail join forces in Spain

Spanish supermarkets are to play a more active role in promoting and protecting the country's food industry following a joint agreement with the ministry of agriculture there. Food safety, food quality and support for SMEs are high on the list of...

Degussa creatine case, next episode

US court dismisses claims by Muscle Marketing USA that all forms of creatine powder, including the product made by Degussa Food Ingredients, are ineffective.

Poor poultry performance

French meat processor Duc saw turnover slump by nearly 12 per cent in the first half of the year, as it felt the impact of competition from both cheaper and more expensive products.

People changes

Leading cocoa and soybean processor ADM is making a few changes in Europe announcing two new appointments at its product support and development (PSD) Centre in Koog aan de Zaan, the Netherlands. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic sweetener giant...

IFF: new wins plug the downwards trend

New flavour wins in Latin America went some way to offsetting weaker customer demand acutely felt in the US, but top line performance for the third quarter was largely disappointing and the outlook remains bearish.

Trying times for Karlshamns, 2004 brighter?

Swedish oils and fats company sees profit slip as the weight of tighter margins, increased competition and a strong Swedish kroner bears down.The Karlshamns of 2003 has quite evidently been marked by the loss of one of its largest customers. But...

Expansion for textured wheat proteins

Growth is ahead of schedule for wheat-based ingredients supplier MGP Ingredients with the Kansas-based company moving expansion of its textured wheat proteins to phase two as demand for their speciality ingredients continues to gain force.

Carrefour loses interest in Brazilian bid

Carrefour is reported to have pulled out of the race to buy Ahold's supermarket assets in Brazil, leaving Wal-Mart of the US and local market leader CBD as the sole bidders. Carrefour will focus on organic growth in the Brazilian market.